Five cops get jail for custody death

New Delhi: A Delhi court on Tuesday sentenced five policemen to varying jail terms for causing the death of a youth in custody. Additional Sessions Judge K S Mohi awarded five-year jail terms to ASI Chaman Lal and three constables — Devender Singh, Surender Singh and Suresh Kumar — while head constable Ramesh Chand was sent to jail for three years. All policemen were suspended earlier. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 2,000 on Chaman Lal who was held guilty of culpable homicide not amounting to murder and destruction of evidence. Lal and other accused, posted at Patel Nagar, had picked up victim Madan Lal on suspicion of theft in 1993. According to the prosecution, Madan Lal was tortured inside the police station, leading to his death in November 1993. 

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